Mounds of waste in garbage dumps around Zimbabwe's capital are hindering the citizenry's confidence in the government. Trash cans or bins overflow with garbage - but this could be ... Read more »
Suburbs in the capital will go without water as a key water treatment plant will be closed for maintenance, and then a water rationing system which will see some suburbs getting ... Read more »
The University of Stellenbosch and University of Cape Town have published a study in the journal Water Research which found that the fear of Day Zero - when officials said Cape ... Read more »
South Africa's Standing Committee on Public Accounts has said that it refuses to be frustrated by the lack of responses from the Department of Water and Sanitation regarding ... Read more »
At least 191 people have reportedly been infected in the rural town of Mount Darwin, near the border with Mozambique - barely three months after dozens of people died of the ... Read more »
About 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa don't have access to proper sanitation - but there are solutions. Smart ones. And they have some innovative designs to overcome the ... Read more »
Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas has been blamed for poisoning the drinking water of some 600,000 people. It has since promised to take remedial action but progress is slow. Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari has described as disturbing, Nigeria's second position rating in global open defecation, declaring a state of emergency on the country's water supply, ... Read more »
With Gauteng temperatures expected to rise 35% over what is normally expected, Johannesburg Water spokesperson Isaac Dhludhlu urged citizens to have a bucket of 20 litres filled ... Read more »
Researchers from the University of Cape Town have unveiled the world's first bio-brick made using human urine created in a natural process similar to the way seashells are formed. Read more »
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